What is the DVC "Use
Year?"
The time frame for the use of your DVC points is based on a "Use
Year." The use-year is a DVC scheduling mechanism that is probably
designed spread out the work for the DVC's accounting department by
staggering the various membership dates throughout the year.
For the member, the use year is a critical part of planning, scheduling,
and managing your DVC points. For one thing, your annual allotment
of vacation points is awarded at the beginning of your use year.
Also, from the beginning of the use year the number of points that
can be banked is determined. As time progresses through the use
year, fewer and fewer points can be banked for use during the following
use year. Up to seven months in advance of the end of your "use
year" you can bank all of your points for the current year.
Up to four months in advance of the end of your "use year"
you can bank only 50% of your points for the current year. Up to
three months in advance of the end of your "use year"
you can bank only 25% of your points for the current year. After
two months in advance of the end of your "use year" you
can not bank any more points for the current year.
The bottom line is that it pays to plan ahead and determine how
many points you'll need to use each year and bank the unused portion
early.
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